What instruments do you play? (OFFICIAL)

[jtrekkie]

Just the piano. Kinda sorta learning the accordion.

 

[sniperfreak223]

My newest toy xD

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/standard-guitars/278929-n-used-gd-sexy-v-sexy-bc-rich-content.html

 

[Alpha_Wolph]

I'm a violinist. I also dabble in piano and practice music theory from time to time.

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

I've played alto sax since I was 8 (Yamaha of some kind). While my fingers are quick and I can play fast songs like Cliffs of Dover, I need to work on such things as altissimo, and actual sound technique. Otherwise, my playing will be limited and static from here on out.

I play guitar (just my dad's Squier Strat), but I need to have lessons to know how to progress with this.

I have an ocarina as well (German-made Ocarina of Time) which I'm apprehensive about learning to play since it's a 13-hole and every other one of the same size seems to be a 12-hole.

I also sing (Alex's vocal cords), but I need lessons in this as well to increase my range. Otherwise, time and practice are the only things that I feel will change this for the better.

 

[Baka94]

I play piano and guitar. My piano is Yamaha P-35 and my guitar is Epiphone Vintage g-400. I usually don't play mainstream songs. I like to play lesser known music. My goal is to one day play Night Falls ~ Evening Star, though that's probably still years away.

 

[Llamapotamus]

I was a huge band nerd in Jr. High and High School, and played the french horn and mellophone depending on whether we were marching or not. That was a while ago, though, and my last concert was in 2009. But I've been getting back into playing it this past week and it feels pretty good.

 

[Demensa]

I can play fast songs like Cliffs of Dover

Oh, wow that'd sound awesome on a saxophone! I'm just thinking of all the arrangements you could do with sax as the lead... maybe a slowed down version with piano and a double bass... and a bunch of jazz chords to make it interesting...
Anyways, I played that as one of my pieces for my practical exam in high school music class last year. (For guitar though.)
Super fun song, both to listen to and play.

 

[PurryFurry]

Drums!! Although I live in an apartment now so I'm limited at the moment... also trying to learn acoustic guitar.

 

[Evan of Phrygia]

I fuck around on all percussion and pay school money to do it, and I also know how to play saxophone (SATB) at a range of proficiency (i am probably best with baritone but like tenor the most). no clue how "good" i am; i just figure something needs to be improved and go from there.

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

Oh, wow that'd sound awesome on a saxophone! I'm just thinking of all the arrangements you could do with sax as the lead... maybe a slowed down version with piano and a double bass... and a bunch of jazz chords to make it interesting...
Anyways, I played that as one of my pieces for my practical exam in high school music class last year. (For guitar though.)
Super fun song, both to listen to and play.

I played it for a school concert back in the day, actually, half of it (time limits). The hardest pRt to get around is limitations in lung capacity. You gotta make a small amount of breath go a LONG way. And it's a nightmare on the sinuses due to pressure.

I had a recording of it on YouTube - actually I think it's still there. But my playing was VERY static, and I'm not proud of it at all.

 

[Flux3r]

Flux3r - Fender Jazz Bass Vintage series, Fender Pbass, Trombone.

 

[lefurr]

My amazing Ibanez SDGR 5-string bass.

 

[Demensa]

I played it for a school concert back in the day, actually, half of it (time limits). The hardest pRt to get around is limitations in lung capacity. You gotta make a small amount of breath go a LONG way. And it's a nightmare on the sinuses due to pressure.

I had a recording of it on YouTube - actually I think it's still there. But my playing was VERY static, and I'm not proud of it at all.

Yeah, I'm no saxophone player, but I remember hearing that one of the main problems with playing pieces written for other instruments on saxophone is the breathing, because that's not taken into account when it's written for, say, a string instrument.
One of my classmates used to play a really fast Vivaldi piece on the saxophone, and you could tell how difficult it was just due to the lack of time for breathing.

 

[Shadow Jaeger]

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[Evan of Phrygia]

Yeah, I'm no saxophone player, but I remember hearing that one of the main problems with playing pieces written for other instruments on saxophone is the breathing, because that's not taken into account when it's written for, say, a string instrument.
One of my classmates used to play a really fast Vivaldi piece on the saxophone, and you could tell how difficult it was just due to the lack of time for breathing.

Breath and control also has a massive effect on your...everything really. Poor breath control has an adverse effect on dynamic control, intonation, tone quality, and even rhythm. It's amazing how breath alone is so critical to even managing to somewhat play the instrument.

 

[Thel]

Personally, i have been playing violin/viola for close to 11 years now and have been playing guitar for around 6 years. I've always had a thing for stringed instruments. I also played saxophone for about a year a quite a while ago, but i was not all that great at it so i eventually stopped playing.

 

[KorinKun]

I play the harmonica myself! <3

 

[Demensa]

Is mayonnaise an instrument?

I let it be an instrument for the first person the first person to make that reference.

(...although the proper response is of course: No Patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument.)

 

[grigs]

Nowadays , I mainly play guitar (electric and acoustic) and bass, but I like messing around on anything that have strings. I did play piano for like..7 years..but it's been ages since i sat at one.
Got myself a Gibson Les Paul Custom '91(my pride and joy) and a five string Warwick Rockbass.I'll try posting some of my stuff around here anyday, still new here : p

 

[Fermata]

My parents plunked me down on a piano bench when I was 4.

At 11, I taught myself how to play basic guitar and I started learning Flute because of band

At 13 I learned how to play the intro loop of When The Leevee Breaks by Led Zep, that is to this day the only thing I can manage to play on the drums. Air drumming takes so much less skill its unbelievable when you move to the real thing and you're like "WHAT DIS MULTITASKING"

at 16, I picked up a synthesizer and quickly became absorbed in all aspects of how to work one and program my own stuff from scratch. Best time investment ever. I am now obsessed with software synths.

In the future I want to learn how to play the cello. It's such a gorgeous looking and sounding instrument, even though It's heavy, who cares? I must learn.

 

[Renarde]

My voice. I definitely count that as an instrument. I'm also trying to teach myself guitar, it's quite a process but a lot of fun! Plus learning music theory along with that has helped my songwriting skills already and I've only just started.

 

[Fermata]

Yes! Learning music theory has helped me tremendously in writing. I feel like a lot of people don't take advantage of it enough.

Of course learning about it is extensive and not for everyone... but after the frustrating bits are done stuff makes so much more sense.

 

[MonochromaticMelody]

Learning piano again. Music theory is a bitch, but I'm willing to go through it for the sake of music.

 

[Hachiro]

Clarinet and the Sax..well used too but not forgotten

Sax is really fun.

Hoping to learn acoustic guitar and piano in future.

 

[Half-Note]

Well I play guitar (both classic and el-guitar) and I can sing... Or at least I like to think that I can. :3